公开(公告)号：US11683631B1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-20

申请号：US17590509

申请日：2022-02-01

Applicant: Bose Corporation

Inventor： Caitlin Hanson ,  Robert Knox ,  Richard Lionel Lanoue, III ,  Allen Graff ,  Andrew J. LaFosse ,  Nathan T. Smith ,  Edgardo Alicea ,  Thomas D. Chambers

IPC: H04R1/10

CPC classification number: H04R1/105 ,  H04R1/1016 ,  H04R1/1025

Abstract: A flexible arm that is configured to be located between and physically and electrically connect an acoustic module of an open-ear headphone to a battery housing of the open-ear headphone. The flexible arm defines an original resting length and position between the acoustic module and the battery housing. The flexible arm includes a flexible printed circuit that extends through the entire original resting length of the flexible arm and comprises a conductor that is configured to carry electrical energy between the acoustic module and the battery housing. A first interface structure is coupled to one of the acoustic module and the battery housing. A flexible material encases at least some of the flexible printed circuit and at least some of the first interface structure.

公开(公告)号：US20230269519A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-24

申请号：US18142268

申请日：2023-05-02

Applicant: Bose Corporation

Inventor： Caitlin Hanson ,  Robert Knox ,  Richard Lionel Lanoue, III ,  Allen Graff ,  Andrew J. LaFosse ,  Nathan T. Smith ,  Edgardo Alicea ,  Thaomas D. Chambers

IPC: H04R1/10

CPC classification number: H04R1/105 ,  H04R1/1025 ,  H04R1/1016

Abstract: A flexible arm that is configured to be located between and physically and electrically connect an acoustic module of an open-ear headphone to a battery housing of the open-ear headphone. The flexible arm defines an original resting length and position between the acoustic module and the battery housing. The flexible arm includes a flexible printed circuit that extends through the entire original resting length of the flexible arm and comprises a conductor that is configured to carry electrical energy between the acoustic module and the battery housing. A first interface structure is coupled to one of the acoustic module and the battery housing. A flexible material encases at least some of the flexible printed circuit and at least some of the first interface structure.

公开(公告)号：US20250048017A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-06

申请号：US18922581

申请日：2024-10-22

Applicant: Bose Corporation

Inventor： Caitlin Hanson ,  Robert Knox ,  Richard Lionel Lanoue, III ,  Allen Graff ,  Andrew J. LaFosse ,  Nathan T. Smith ,  Edgardo Alicea ,  Thomas D. Chambers

IPC: H04R1/10

Abstract: Various implementations include an open-ear headphone, including: an acoustic module including a distal sound-delivery end; a battery housing; and a flexible arm physically and electrically connecting the acoustic module to the battery housing, wherein the flexible arm defines an original resting length and position between the acoustic module and the battery housing, wherein the flexible arm is configured to retain the open-ear headphone on an ear of a user such that the distal sound-delivery end is located in the concha of the ear and the battery housing is located behind the ear, and wherein the flexible arm is configured to be flexed at least along a length thereof such that a space between the acoustic module and the battery housing can be adjusted.

公开(公告)号：US12155988B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-26

申请号：US18142268

申请日：2023-05-02

Applicant: Bose Corporation

Inventor： Caitlin Hanson ,  Robert Knox ,  Richard Lionel Lanoue, III ,  Allen Graff ,  Andrew J. LaFosse ,  Nathan T. Smith ,  Edgardo Alicea ,  Thomas D. Chambers

IPC: H04R1/10

Abstract: A flexible arm that is configured to be located between and physically and electrically connect an acoustic module of an open-ear headphone to a battery housing of the open-ear headphone. The flexible arm defines an original resting length and position between the acoustic module and the battery housing. The flexible arm includes a flexible printed circuit that extends through the entire original resting length of the flexible arm and comprises a conductor that is configured to carry electrical energy between the acoustic module and the battery housing. A first interface structure is coupled to one of the acoustic module and the battery housing. A flexible material encases at least some of the flexible printed circuit and at least some of the first interface structure.